A mainlander pro-independence "party"

Taiwan News reports that some activists in Nantou want to start their own pro-independence party:

A group of pro-independence activists has announced its plan to set up a Taiwanese Nationalist Party (Taiwanese Kuomintang) in Nantou County in central Taiwan on the coming weekend to promote Taiwan's economy and Taiwanese identity.

Hsu Teng-kun, a party founder, says the group aims to serve as a check and balance to the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party,) which he said has placed Taiwan in a difficult situation because of its pro-China stance.

The last paragraph is the most interesting:

Born in 1951, Hsu has served as chairman of the Mainlanders Association for Taiwan Independence for many years. He was nominated by the Taiwan Independence Party to run in last December's legislative elections in Taipei County, but he only received 153 votes, far less than the minimum 35,000 votes required for election in his district.

The article is also full of interesting facts about political parties in Taiwan (110!).

[Taiwan]